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The author, I soon discovered, was James Hussell Lowell, but that was the very least of my discoveries, as I hope I have made clear in the following pages, however, not only have I learned about Lowell, whom I now realize is the first American critic of importance, but (to return to my illustration) I believe I have come a little closer that great body of critical knowledge by this examination of one of its members.","abstract_html":"It has often been pointed out, but not so easily illustrated, that a study of the particular often leads to a better understanding of the general. I mean to supply that lack of illustration. In my ease the general refers to that broad field of literary criticism from Socrates to today in which I have been mildly interested for some time. The need for a particular point of concentration brought to mind an essay on Dryden I had read somewhere awhile ago. It was not a particularly erudite work as I recalled, but it had introduced me to Dryden in so charming a manner that I had not forgotten him. The author, I soon discovered, was James Hussell Lowell, but that was the very least of my discoveries, as I hope I have made clear in the following pages, however, not only have I learned about Lowell, whom I now realize is the first American critic of importance, but (to return to my illustration) I believe I have come a little closer that great body of critical knowledge by this examination of one of its members.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Kirkhoff, Kathryn Marie"],"institution":"Creighton University","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["No Advisor Listed"],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1941,"date_issued":"1941","date_published":"1941","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:51:19Z","subjects":[],"languages":["en_US"],"rights":["A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above."],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10504/92147","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["No Advisor Listed"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Kirkhoff, Kathryn Marie"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2016-10-10T18:18:26Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2016-10-10T18:18:26Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1941"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Creighton University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en_US"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10504/92147"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["It has often been pointed out, but not so easily illustrated, that a study of the particular often leads to a better understanding of the general. 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